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RcbukinG the Teacher.

A number of Dakota counties have
lady superintendcnts of schools. While
one of them was recently making the
rounds of the schools in accordance with
law she drove up to one little school
house on the prairie at about eleven
o'clock in the forenoon and found the
scholars all out playing about the yard.
Two of the boys were indulging in a
fight, another pair were learning to chew
tobacco while the Others were playing
marbles for keeps and adjusting an old
but large and corpulcnt tea kettle to a
dogs tail. The superintendent learned
that there had been no school so far
that dav, and when she went into the
school house she said to the young lady
teacher somewhat severely:
rs this the kind of school you are
teaching2 I fear l shall be obliged to
cancel your certificate and have you re-
moved from the school,"
"Nhy-why-I-I didn't know you
were coming!"
"Ah, that's just it, know you didn't
but I did come, and 1 caught you. 1shall
be obliged to ask you to hand in your
resignation immediately"
"But-but, Miss Rhetoric, let me ex-
plain. l."
II don't think you can make any salts
factory explanation, as I noticed you were
sitting here reading when came in"
"But that's just it was reading the
New York Style and Fashion and"
1.-THE Style and Fashion,? What, the
September number"
"Yes."
"l1y goodness, I didn't know it had
come yet-let me see it, please--1'm just
diving to know how to make my new polo
naise! Say, you ought to see that lovely
piece of summer goods that I got at
Noproft G. slaughter's--it'a just too
sweet for anything. Isn't that love OF
wrapper-rm going to have one like
it--or, no, believe I like this best.
don't know, either, they're both per-
fcctly lovely" Etc, ETC., and so FORTH
Dakota Bell.
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The Quiet Girl,

The quiet girl never wears high colors
on the streets; you do not see her faunt-
ing in brilliant plaids, when they happen
to be the style; when high hats are sin"
she docs not pile hers so high that it
sweeps the cobwebs from the sky; she
does not wear an exaggerated bang when
the bang is in vogue, nor the biggest
hustle in town, nor the longest train to
her tea-gown, nor the greatest number of
bangles when bangles reign. But be-
cause she does not chatter and giggle,
and make herself conspicuous in horse
cars or at matinees, does not announce
her convictions on all occasions and all
sub; b;ects, and profess her admiration at
every hands turn, itmust not be supposed
that she has no ideas or convictions or
enthusiasts that she moves along like
star in the heavens, which obeys the laws
of gravitation without selecting its
course, or objecting to its orbit. She is
quiet because she has no power to make
herself heard. to change her conditions,
or because she is maturing that power.
In:thc meantime it is the quiet girl who
marrics earliest, who makes the best
march, who fills the inches which her
more brilliant sisters leave vacant, who
manages the servants, runs the sewing
machine, remembers the birthdays, listens
to the "reminiscences of the old, and often
keeps the wolf from the door. .-Harper's
B1zar.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

THE operators Of the Brazil district Of In
diana have yielded to the demand Of the
miners for semi-monthly pay days In accord
ance with the recent law.
THE General Secretary Of the Knights OF
Labor, Charles Il. Litchman, says the Order
will foot up not far from 600, 600 members at
the present time.
ALL the switchmen in the employ of the
Chicago and Alton Railroad in Chicago have
presented a demand to the company for
shorter hours and the abolition of the black
list letter system.
NEARLY 200 new manufacturing indus
tries have started up in New England since
January /. Of these twenty-six were woolen
mills, twenty-one Woodworking concerns,
eighteen paper mills, seventeen, machine
shops, sixteen cotton factories, fourteen
woodworking concerns and twelve hosiery
factories.
THE demand for skilled labor in machine
shops Of all kinds throughout the country is
greater at this time than for several years.
A number of shops in Indiana, Illinois and
west of the Mississippi are at this time In
need of capable workmen.
TWO very large belts now making in Fall
River contain three thicknesses Of leather ce-
mented and riveted together. One requires
the hide from Is and the other that from 100
cattle.
A GRAND RAPIDS Clich.) paper says that
the Portable House Company of that city is
building eight cottages for the use Of army
officers in Texas, and a larger lot for Califor-
mia. They are pretty, conveniently. ar
ranged, are shipped in sections, and cost from
SIS to $780,
BIG STONE GAP, in the mountain range di-
viding southwestern Virginia and eastern
Kentucky, is to be the centre of eight rail-
roads, most of which are now under construc-
tion. There are large quantities of iron ore,
coal, and limestone near the gap, and big
industrial town is projected.
THE employees of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road having formed q national trade assem-
bly, the employees of the Philadelphia and
Reading road decided to form an interstate
assembly. The men employed on the other
roads propose to form assemblies also, and
there IS every prospect that all the railroad
workers in the East, if not in the whole coun-
try, will he united under one head.
'LABoR DAY" was celebrated by parades
of workingmen in many cities throughout
the country. .-.
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A Woman's Conversation.

What a woman should aim at in con-
versation is not only to entertain by CIV
ing her own thoughts, but at the same
time to draw out those of others,
especially the bashful, and particularly
the bashful men. Nothing pleases man
so much, nothing gives him such an idea
of his superiority, as to allow him an
opportunity of imparting information,
though he may not have penetration
enough to discern that it is the tact of
the woman that entices him into talking
about what perhaps he knows less than
she. I remember hearing it remarked
of Mrs. Cleveland that she was charm
ing conversationalist, because she always
chose topics which she knew would in
terest others, and in this lies the whole
secret of the art of conversing. A cele-
bratcd French woman, who had neither
wealth, beauty nor position to elevate
her in social circles, rose to the highest
rank among the court during the latter
days of royalty, simply by her art of
pleasing in her conversation. Brilliancy
in conversation is not the es-
sential characteristic. Some of the
most charming takers are anything but
witty or learned; but the truth is we love
to hear those speak who really feel what
they say, whose words are choice with
out being studied. and natural and easy
without being childish or slangy. We
love to listen to those whose purity of
soul shines in their conversation, and we
feel that words are but the personifica-
ton Of the beauty within. Philadelphia
Times.
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LATER NEWS.

JOCKEY JOSEPH WARDER was thrown from
his horse and killed in a steeplechase at the
Niagara Falls races.
BY the careless handling of naphtha the
schooner War Eagle, lying at her dock in
Chelsea, Mass, was blown to atoms Two
men were killed, Captain Philpott and Mate
Charles Friend were seriously injured, and
damage was done to buildings and shipping
in the vicinity to the extent of s35o,oOo.
THE New York Herald has received infor-
nation that Grand Master Workman Pow
derly, of the Knights Of Labor, will soon re-
sign and 60 to Ireland to participate in the
campaign for Irish home rule.
THE Massachusetts, Prohibitionists have
held q State convention at Worcester and
nominated q ticket with William H. Earle
for Governor at the head The platform
favors woman suffrage.
THE State Convention of the Pennsylvania
Union Labor and Greenback party, held in
Wilkesbarre, nominated Charles S. Keyser
for Supreme Judge and H. Z. Bunker for
State Treasurer
Ex-Governor WILLIAM AIKEN, Of South
Carolina, died few days since at Flat Rock
in that State, aged seventy-one years He
was elected Governor in 1874.
AREvoLUTIoN has broken out in San Sal
vador. Central America.
REPORTS are just coming in that the gale
Of August 26 along the coasts of Newfound'
land and Labrador resulted in many wrecks
and large loss of life Ten schooners were
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

AMERICANS spend sao,oooooo in Europe
every summer.
A FRENCH company are raising Arabian
horses in Dakota.
THERE are $500, 900 dogs in Texas, which
are said to kill S. 0OO, 600 worth of sheep every
year.
EIGHT "War Governors" hav agreed to
attend the G. A. r. encampm ent at ST.
Louis.
NINE cables are used to tell the daily story
of Europe to America and America to
Europe.
THERE is storage reservoir for irrigation
building in Arizona which will hold l5,0OO,-
0OO gallons.
THE Iowa State Board of Health reports
that there are 10000 victims OF the opium
ha1it in that State.
BLACK ROT has attacked the grapes in sew
eral parts Of France, an1 it is thought the
losses will be immense.
Mr. w. L. GILBERT, of Hartford, Conn,
has given S400, 900 to found an institution for
friendless boys and girls in that city
THE King and Queen of Saxony Saturday
opened an International bakery exhibition at
Dresden. America is largely represented
RUSSIA will celebrate on October 30 the
fftieth anniversary Of the opening OF her frSt
railroad. The country has now l7,OOo miles
of railroad.
TOXIC, Japan, Is about to be rebuilt, and
the harbor is to be enlarged. Brick struct.
ures will be erected along the principal
streets Of the town.
WITHIN the last few weeks no fewer than
twenty-five tourists, of whom eighteen have
been picked up dead, have met with serious
accidents in the Alps.
CAPTAIN CLARK, of the Atlantic City Life
Saving Station, has rescued nineteen drown
ing pei sons this season. During the past flVe
years he has saved over $50 lives
THERE were 1858 photographers in the
United States in 1870 and $500 in 1857. There
are now about II ,0W persons engaged IN the
photographing business in this country
CELERYvILLE is one of the familiar names
for Kalamazoo, Michigan, where there are
over 1908 acres of celery under cultivation,
with stated average profit of s4OO an acre.
THE champion lady silk worm cultivator
of the United States lives in Hiawatha, Kan
sas. She keeps her eye upon 15,OOJ silk
makers, and declares it to be the most inter-
esting work in the world
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

Two unpublished songs by Schubert have
been discovered at Engelberg.
THEODORE THOMAS is to give thirty orches-
tral concerts in Steinway Hall, New York,
next season.
MISS NINA SHARP, of Hartford, is said to
be the most accomplished violinist in the
amateur world.
A GIFT Of 100000 has been received by
the University Of Australia for the founding
OF chair of music.
UNLESS Mary Anderson's plans shall 60
wrong she will come back to the United
States for the season Of 19SS-'S0.
PAULINE LUCIA, the singer, is engaged to
make an American tour next April. For her
ten performances she is to receive S15, ,OUO
JOHN P. SMITH, the veteran manager, Is
said to be arranging for the production of a
play by Don Piatt, called " Life in the
The authors of the "Bells of Hoslernere. y
the latest English melodrama, with an eve
to business, have located several scenes in
America.
M.AMBRosE THOMAS, Director of the Paris
Conservatoire, is now i'll his seventy sixth
year, and it is sixty years since he took his
first prize for playing the piano.
HERR BoETEL, the German tenor who is
shortly TO visit this country, is said to bc one
OF the few me" on the operatic stage who
neither drinks ,.or smokes. He is worth about
$4,000
NINE. LIMA DI MURSKA, after brief Lon
don season, will come to America and locate
permanently in New York city. 1t is lcr
intention after this year to give singing
lessons.
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Washington.

CAPTAIN c. N. Gray, Twenty-fifth In
fantry, has been dismissed the army 1or
drunkenness.
THE total coinage executed at the mlnts
during August was 9,2S2 600 pieces, OF the
yalne of S3'3U3, 800. OF this amount $50, 200
were half eagles, s2,97O,0oO standard silver
dollars, s195, 600 dimes, and $3.50 minor
coin The total gold coinage was $GO, ,OO0, and
the total silver So, l65, ,0OO.
THE Acting Superintendent of the Yellow
stone National Park says in his annual re-
port, just published, that during the year year
travel has fallen off considerably, in great
measure due to recent railroad
legislation rather than to any loss OF
interest by the people in "the wonderland OF
the world" The Park contains herd OF loo
buffalo while elk, antelope and sheep are
found in large numbers. An addltlonal
company of infantry to assist in policing the
Park is required. The estimates for the COM
ing year amount to S145,OoO.
THE Ninth International Medical Congress
has been in session at the National Capltal:
About 5000 doctors, among them many OF
the most eminent medical men in America,
Europe and Asia were present The Congress
was opened by President Cleveland In short
speech. An address of welcome was delV-
cred by Secretary Bayard and acknowledged
by leading physicians from England, france
Germany. italy and Russia. The social pro-
eramme of the Congress included receptions
bv the President and Secretary Whitney, a
reception and banquet at the Pension Office,
and an excursion to Niagara Falls
The President, Speaker Carlisle and ex-
Speaker Randall have been comforting over
new tariff bill to be presented to the next
Congress.
GEORGE w. THoBE, the labor candidate
against Speaker Carlisle has filed notice Ola
contest with the Clerk of the House.
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Physique of American Women.

Mr.. Higginson, in his "Common Sense
About Women" is very angry with the
physiological croakers" who represent
the American woman of to-day as having
lost the plump form and robust constitu-
tion of her grandmother. He quotes q
French tourist in American, the Able
Robin, who wrote in 1882, that cat twen-
ty years of age the women have no longer
the freshness of YOUTH" and another, L.
F. de Beaujour, who wrote that sat the
age of twenty-five their form changes,
and at thirty the whole of their charms
have disappeared" Mr.. Higginson is
convinced that the physique Of American
men and women to-day is better than
was that of their grandparents who lived
in this country; and he attributes this in-
provement to "the great increase of ath-
lctic games; the greatly increased pro-
portion of seaside and mountain life in
summer; the thicker shoes and boots of
women and little girls, permitting them
to 90 out more freely in all wcathers," {"
and the increased habit of dining late,
which secures the professional and mcr-
camille classes more time to digest their
principal meal.-Epoch.
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sGov. P1cKENs" of OZan Township,

sGov. P1cKENs" of Ozan Township,
Hampstead County, Ark, is the Oldest
blacksmith in the State. The "gov-
ernors" thick suit of snow-white.
woolly hair and beard contrasts pictur'
esquely with his black skin. he was
born, he says, in the Pendleton "dees-
trict," South Carolina, on. March Z,
1857, and was. therefore, 100 years old
on his last birthday. He was sold ION
the block" in New Orleans and taken
to Arkansas in 1S40 by the father OF
David Dixon, now of Lafayette County.
"Gov. Pickens" still does good black
smith work, and has the reputation OF
being reasonable in lis charges.
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unmerciful snubbing. She was put off

unnerciful snubbing. She was put of
in an obscure corner to cat, and not one
of the fashionable guests condescendsd
to show her the slightest civility. The
lady bit her lips for few days, took in
the situation, and with true feminine In.
stinct, decided on revenge. She dropped
line below, and presently there was de-
posted at the hotel twelve Saratoga
trunks, way-billed to her address. She
and her daughter retired to their rooms,
and that evening came down to the
dining room in blaze of lace and dia-
monds that took everybody's breath
away. No such gorgeous or tasty toilets
had ever bewildered the guests at the
hotel before. 1t blinded the eye to look
at the pair as they quietly entered the
room. The steward, after recovering his
poise, rushed forward and pulled out two
chairs from the most fashionable table in
the hotel. She shook her head and re-
piled: "The old table will do," and went
to the obscure corner where she had eaten
all the time.
The utmost CONSERVATION spread
through the dining-room, and the low.
hum of voices rose to fashionable buzz.
as they warmly discussed the situation.
Wasn't it awful2 They had been snub-,
bing a woman and her daughter all the
week who could outdress them all. In the
evening they attempted to hedge, but,
couldn't to any considerable extent. The
dudes tried to shine up to the girl, but
she wouldn't have it, and those who tried
to scrape an acquaintance with the
mother found it like trying to run fun
mel into an iceberg. For a while she;
flashed like comet through that hotel
into constant change of ravishing
toilets, each more costly and bewildering
than the others, until, like the Kings.
who pedestrianized in macbeth" !" they
threatened to stretch out till the crack
of doom.
At the end of the week it was learned
from the ehambermaid that she had only
gone through half her immense Sara
togas.
The army of snobs was routed. Then
the quiet little lady resumed her plain
clothes, put on an old straw hat, with her
daughter, and absolutely had the cool
ness to be down at the wharf fishing I'M
an old calico dress, cotton gloves and
straw hat.-Carson (Neo.) appeal.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States

C.. NJ. HovEY, the hest known horti"ll-
turist and pomologist in the country, died
few davs since at Cambridge, Mass, in his
seventv.eighth year. He had written much
upon fruits and flowers.
NEARLY half the people of Lockport, Penn,
are down with black diphtheria, and many
deaths have occurred.
Two children were fatally burned in
stable near Lancaster, Penn, which they
had set on fire by playing with matches
A PROLONGED battle between Irish and
Italian latorers at Hazelton, Penn, resulted
in the death of one man and injuries, IN Two
cases of a fatal character, to thirteen Others
E. s WHEELER e. Co., New Haven, i'm
porters Of bar iron, steel, zinc, etc, nave
failed Their liabilities are about 81 l,OOO,OOO.
THE first occurrence Of the holiday known
as Labor Day. was celebrated in New 1ork
City. Brooklyn and Newark, N. D.,
bv imposing paradeS of worklngmen. In
New York more than 2o,OOO men
were in line. and the procession was reviewed
by Henry George and other leaders OF the
Labor party. A few associations carrying req
flags hissed George as they passed the grand
stand.
COLLECTOR MAGoNE Of the New York
Custom House, ordered that six web weav-
ers, hired in England to work in Bridgeport,
Conn, be sent back under the law prohlblt-
ing the importation of contract labor.
DURING hurricane heavy wave washed
Captain Faulkenberg, of the schooner Will
lam H. Jones, from New York bound for
Hayti, and one seaman overheard and broke
First Mate Schultzs leg. The schooner
turned about and returned to New York.
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FROM their earliest youth the Bur-
mese men tattoo their legs from the
thighs down to the knees with designs
both floral and animal, and puncture
the upper part of their bodies with
numerous round holes, into which they
rub vermilion powder. This operation
is such that opium is often admins
tered to deadep the agonizing pain
that it causes
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A PLUCKY SHERIFF.
SincIe-Handed. H. Kills Two Despe-
radoes and Wounds Two Others.

Single-Handcd. H. Kills Two Despe-
radoes and Wounds Two Others.
A desperate shooting affair occurred the
other night at HolbrooE, Apache County,
Arizona, in which Andy Cooper and half
brother named Samuel Blevins were killed
by Sheriff Owens, and John Blevins and
Nose B. Roberts were wounded, the former
slightly, the latter mortally.
The Sheriff started alone to arrest the des-
peradoes. Arriving at the house he knocked
and upon the door being opened by Andy
Cooper the officer informed him he had a
warrant for his arrest. The only reply he
received was a bullet which passed through
the Sheriff coat. The fire was returned, and
Cooper fell dead. Owens took position at
the window, shooting all three of the men
inside of the house. Samuel Blevins, one of
the killed, is only fourteen years of age, but
fully as desperate as his older companions.
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She, Too, Could Shine.

A few days ago lady from San Fran
cisco, who had a very solid bank account,
went to Lake Tahoe on pleasure trip
with her daughter. She concluded that
she would have a good time, and accord
ing took along acme plain, serviceablc
clothes, and no jewelry. When she
struck one of the fashionable resorts she
found herself in the midst of lot of
people making vulgar display of clothes
and diamonds, and every time she turned
around she was the subject of the most
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

OK his Western trip President Cleveland
expects to attend several of the great State
agricultural fairs
BISMARCK is said to be ageing fast. His
hair Is snow white and his face is marked
with deep wrinkles.
kUKI, the Japanese Minister at Washing
ton, is not convert to Christianity, but has
had his children baptised.
Miss ANNA DICKINSON who has been very
Ill at HoneSdale, Pennsylvania, has so far re-;
covered as to be able to take short wallis.
MRS. NELLIE SARToRIs, General Grants
only daughter, arrived in this country from
her English home a few days since, and will
remain for some time.
Rev. J. M. SUTHERLAND, the evangelist,
after nine years missionary work in the
principal cities of the country, has decided to
return to the minstrel stage. He was unable
to make a living in the pulpit
THE oldest General of the United States
army is William Selby Harney. He was
born near Nashville Tenn, in 1890, and en-
tered the army in 1918. He was breveted
Major General on March IL, 1863
BUFFALO BILL was never a member OF the
Nebraska Legislature. He ran for the office
once and was believed elected, but the rival
candidate contested the election and won be-
fore Buffalo Bill could take his seat.
A HITHERTO namcless peak Of the Great
Smoky range of mountains in Tennessee has
just been christcned Point Allen, in honor OF
a young and aspiring Tennessee writer, Miss
Drumgoole, whose pen name Is "Wll Alien
RUSSELL SAGE is said to be able to COM
mand $225, COZ in cash in half an hour
during business hours. Notwithstanding ms
wealth, Mr. Sage lives very plainly in his
modestly appointed home on Fifth avenue,
New York city.
Mr.. A. Bronson ALcoTT has kept jour
nal ever since he was a boy, and, as he was
born in 1797, and has known intimately nearly
every man of distinction in New England
from that time to the present, it ought to be
most interesting reading. The journal fills
sixty volumes of neatly written manuscript
which will be given to the world after hi
death.